The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh announced Tuesday it is offering eligible faculty and staff a voluntary retirement buyout with a one-time payment equal to 50% of an employee's annual base salary.

UW-Oshkosh becomes the third campus within the UW System to offer buyouts in an effort to reduce its workforce in the face of state budget cuts. UW-Eau Claire was the first, followed last week by UW-Superior.

UW-Oshkosh expects about 100 employees would be eligible. It has set a goal of reducing its workforce by 80 within the next three years.(62)

Packers' Hawk: 'We're going to work at it. We're going to find a way'

Green Bay --- The last time the Packers lost two consecutive games? Go way back to Dec. 19, 2010. Three seasons ago.

Now, Green Bay is 5-4. Injuries are mounting. Scott Tolzien, not Aaron Rodgers, is the quarterback. The veterans inside the locker room expect the level of urgency to rise.

“I think we’ll band together," inside linebacker A.J. Hawk said. "We’re not going to sit back and say, ‘Oh, we’re OK.’ We’re going to work at it. We’re going to find a way.”

The defense, particularly, is struggling. For the second time this week, the Packers were bushwhacked by air and ground...with no interceptions. LeSean McCoy rushed for 155 yards on 25 attempts and the secondary was victimized for three big pass plays. Quarterback Nick Foles connected on touchdowns of 55, 45 and 32 yards to key Sunday's 27-13 Eagles win at Lambeau Field.

Big picture, this is unfamiliar territory for the Packers. The last time they lost back-to-back games, Green Bay rallied to make a Super Bowl run. Now, it'll need to pick up the pieces without Aaron Rodgers and, potentially, several others. Evan Dietrich-Smith, Casey Hayward, Don Barclay and Nick Perry all suffered injuries in this one.

Asked about the defense's performance as a whole, cornerback Tramon Williams deadpanned that there's "not much to talk about."

“Panic should never set in. But urgency at some point does," Williams said. "Obviously we’re 5-4 now and have a New York team coming up. We just have to get ready to play. We can’t sit back and dwell on the past. We’ve got to rally the guys who we have, come in tomorrow morning, watch the film, get better and get ready.

“We have some good vet guys in here who lead by example. Some lead vocally. We’re trying to get it done. It’s not going to always go well. Everyone knows that. We know we have to try to do whatever we have to do to get wins around here."

There doesn't need to be a players-only meeting or anything like that, Hawk added. He thought the defense found a way to pick up momentum during the game with Williams' forced fumble in the fourth quarter.

“Urgency is definitely different than panic," Hawk said. "We think we do have that urgency. And when things like this happen, sometimes that’ll get that urgency at a higher level even. Maybe it will. We’re going to be battling. I’m not quitting.”

On Sunday, the defense didn't give a third-string quarterback much help. Tolzien wasn't the primary concern by a long shot in this one.

A Rodgers-less Green Bay team will need to bounce back quickly at New York this coming week or risk losing ground in the NFC playoff chase.

"Things can go one way or another pretty quickly in this league," Hawk said of the defense. "We’ve had two tough weeks, especially defensively. With how quickly it’s gone south, we can turn that around really quick. That’s the good thing. We have to find a way to learn, hopefully learn from what we’re doing wrong and also we need to come out flying next week.”

About Tyler Dunne

Tyler Dunne covers the Green Bay Packers. He has been on the beat since 2011, winning awards with the Pro Football Writers of America and Milwaukee Press Club.